Shiphams Clock by wakelys

Shiphams Clock

Shiphams was a local factory for making meat paste. I remember a time when you could smell a fresh batch being cooked. The factory is now residence and the factory has been moved to a different location. The click is a great reminder of what used to be in this area.
https://www.thenovium.org.uk/article/33918/Shippam-s-of-Chichester
Interestingly when JackieR go fossicking we often find really old Shiphams paste jars.
As seen here
This was taken at 11.50 so the clock is obviously wrong. Well it is right twice a day.
Does it keep the right time? Very often they are left there as a decoration. This one looks beautiful in mono and your capture is great and has great detail.
January 4th, 2024  
Clock must be set to BST!!
January 4th, 2024  
grey skies, too, over there? nice capture of the click. 😜 aces!
January 4th, 2024  
meat + fish - yum
January 4th, 2024  
Yes, it used to be a very popular paste.
January 4th, 2024  
@30pics4jackiesdiamond typo on my part it was taken at 11.50.
January 4th, 2024  
A wonderful clock!
January 4th, 2024  
Wonderful sign with the clock. I would love to have that wish bone up there.
January 4th, 2024  
A well known company, certainly to people of our sort of age! I remember salmon paste sandwiches.
January 4th, 2024  
Perhaps they don’t change it for daylight savings time! Terrific capture of this interesting subject. I’m going to have to look up what meat paste is because it sounds nasty!
January 4th, 2024  
Awesome image! And how good that this reminder is still there.
January 4th, 2024  
Twice a day indeedy! Nice blast of history
January 4th, 2024  
I remember Shippams paste. I used to love sardine and tomato. Can you still buy it?
January 4th, 2024  
Gosh I remember Shippams meat paste - salmon and beef were family favourites. Not had any for over 30 years I should think. Great photo.
January 4th, 2024  
I like the vintage sign and clock. I've never heard of meat and fish pastes. So of course I had to do a little research. It must not be very common in the US of A. The only references to them that I recognized were anchovy paste and potted meat. I'm not sure I've ever had the former and will not touch the latter again (nasty!).
January 4th, 2024  
What a great bit of history.
January 5th, 2024  
I remember the jars of Shippams paste
January 5th, 2024  
Excellent, remember this I think in Chichester
January 5th, 2024  
Fossiking?
January 5th, 2024  
@brrjhn https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/fossick.
Along with a fellow 365’r we look for old bottles that have been buried in the mud on a low tide .
Check my narrative and I have added a blue Here. If you click on that you will hopefully find more info under a previous photo from a New Year’s Day.
January 5th, 2024  
Awesome
January 5th, 2024  
So vintage.
January 5th, 2024  
Nice image.
My parents used to buy “Pecks” pastes which were imported from UK. I understand they closed down a couple of years ago.
January 5th, 2024  
It's wonderful!!
January 5th, 2024  
Lovely shot. I can still remember the smell of Shiphams when we went to Chichester years ago.
January 6th, 2024  
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